burn issues...

mbeatty13

Good evening guys, over my last 12 sticks or so, I have experienced very uneven burning on everything from tataujes to nubs to the graycliff 1666 that I had tonight. My humi is running at around 67% (which for until now is perfect) but I live very close to the coast in Texas and I have to smoke outside . Tonight it was 93% humidity and I feel like it might be causing the uneven burn. I saw the thread on over humidification from June 1, but none of the remedies seem to play into my problems. What do you think I should do other than knocking my humi down to in the 50's? I already use a punch and strongly recommend punching rather than cutting to everyone due to better burn, draw, and 100% satisfaction in the smoke due to most people cutting far past the shoulder (hence the unraveling problem). I am stumped guys and would really appreciate some help. Thanks in advance.

wwhwang

Could be the humidity, but I dunno. Do you rotate the cigar while you light and puff? After that, do you keep rotating the cigar periodically to keep it even?

bigharpoon

mrpillow

I'm on the Texas coast as well, and I have burn issues. My cigars are at 65% constantly, and I've tried everything I can imagine. Different lighting techniques, rotating cigars while in humi, holding the cigar different ways. I have never been able to defeat the burn issues, which usually show up in the form of one side of the cigar burning slower than all the other sides. The only thing I can think of is the humidity/heat here are causing it and we just have to deal with it =(

Russ55

camgfs

MrMoke

j0z3r

A lot of questions have been asked, but nobody has touched on the most important one yet: Are the burn issues bad enough to take away from your enjoyment of the cigar? I don't have a fix beyond what has been mentioned thus far, but if we're talking a slight wavering of the burn line or even something that requires a few touch-ups over the length of the cigar, I'm of the opinion that those kinds of burn irregularities are not that bad and would suggest not fretting over it too much...remember that smoking cigars ought to be about relaxing, not fixating on little things that are, by and large, inconsequential. My two cents anyhow, enjoy.

mbeatty13

Thanks for all of the help guys! I think my problems were primarily due to me not ensuring I was 100% lit and also rushing my smoke. I took my sweet time with a Nub last night with great results. To answer j0z3r, I had one of my favorite sticks (Graycliff 1666) completely turn to butter and melt away while having a 3/4" variation on the burn. That was really the reason all of this started. That 1666 might have been a fluke, but I have never had a problem even remotely close to this with a cigar of that quality. I knocked down the humidity to around 64% and re-arranged the box to give everything a little more breathing room. So I think all is well and i appreciate all of the ideas.

kuzi16

GadwinDuil

mbeatty13:

To answer j0z3r, I had one of my favorite sticks (Graycliff 1666) completely turn to butter and melt away while having a 3/4" variation on the burn. That was really the reason all of this started.

I must say, Graycliff 1666 is also one of my favorites - but it is riddled with burn issues even in well controlled humidity environments.

Fourtotheflush

I havent seen it here, but let your cigars rest in your humidor for 4-6 weeks before smoking.